"COMING HOME-Stiff with fear, hillbilly musi-
cian Henry Ford McCracken was dragged to the
San Quentin gas chamber where he was executed fo
the 1951 sex slaying of l-year-old Patricia
Hull (SHE NEVER CAME HOME FROM THE MOVIES, Sept.
FRONT PAGE, 1951). He was gassed’only 13 minu-_
tes after the U. S. Court of Appeals in San
Francisco turned down a last minute plea for
stay of execution." FRONT PAGE DETECTIVE, June,
1954, page G.
"COMING HOME-Stiff with fear, hillbilly musi-
cian Henry Ford McCracken was dragged to the
San Quentin gas chamber where he was executed fo
the 1951 sex slaying of l-year-old Patricia |
Hull (SHE NEVER CAME HOME FROM THE MOVIES, Sept.
FRONT PAGE, 1951). He was gassed’only 13 minu-
tes after the U. S, Court of Appeals in San
Francisco turned down a last minute plea for
stay of execution." FRONT PAGE DETECTIVE, June,
195, page G.
"COMING HOME-Stiff with fear, hillbilly musi-
cian Henry Ford McCracken wes dragged to the
San Quentin gas chamber where he was executed fo
the 1951 sex slaying of l-year-old Patricia
Hull (SHE NSVER CAME HOME FROM THE MOVIES, Sept.
FRONT PAGE, 1951), He was gassed only 13 minu~
tes after the U. S, Court of Appeals in San
ete turned down a last minute plea for
ay of execution." FRONT PAGE DETHOTIVE, June,
58h, page &
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McCracken, a cowboy Singer and nightclub entertainer ba
profession had served time in both Michigan and Texas for
Child molestation. He abducted 10-year-old Patricia MEER
Jane Null in Buena Vista, Calif.,; and took her to his motel
room where he bludgeoned her to death and then hid the body
in nearby YK Trabuco Canyon where he had been working on
& roadgang as a penalty for failure to register as a sex
offender in California, Apprehended at a tavern where he
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Was working, McCracken died in San Quentin's gas chamber on
Feb, 19, 1952
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McCRACKEN, Henry Ford large card
McCracken, a cowboy singer and nightclub entertainer by
profession had served time in both Michigan and Texas for
Child molestation. He abducted 10-year-old Patricia WSK
Wane Mull in Buena Vista, Calif., and took her to his motel
room where he bludgeoned her to death and then hid the body
in nearby Y8# Trabuco Canyon where he had been working on
a penalty for failure to register as a sex
offender in California, Apprehended at a tavern where he
: McCracken died in San Quentin's gas chamber on
SOURCE: Detective Cases, May, 196)
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